On Thu 12-01-12 21:29:41, Al Viro wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 02:20:53AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote: > > Replace racy xfs_wait_for_freeze() check with reliable sb_start_write() > > - sb_end_write() locking. Due to lock ranking dictated by the page fault > > code we have to call sb_start_write() after we acquire ilock. > > > > CC: Ben Myers <bpm@xxxxxxx> > > CC: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > > --- > > fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 6 ++++-- > > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c > > index 753ed9b..c5f879b 100644 > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c > > @@ -862,9 +862,11 @@ xfs_file_dio_aio_write( > > *iolock = XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED; > > } > > > > + sb_start_write(inode->i_sb); > > trace_xfs_file_direct_write(ip, count, iocb->ki_pos, 0); > > ret = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, iovp, > > &nr_segs, pos, &iocb->ki_pos, count, ocount); > > + sb_end_write(inode->i_sb); > > What lock ordering do you have in mind? Explicit description in fs/super.c, > please... Good point. Will add explanatory comment. Thanks. Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html